CVE-2023-45857: axios Cross-Site Request Forgery

Modified

AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-45857DEBIAN-CVE-2023-45857GHSA-wf5p-g6vw-rhxx+110 more

Published 08-11-2023Last modified 04-09-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-45857 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability in axios. EPSS estimates a 0.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority

Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?

CVSS score

6.5/10

010

Medium · v3.1 (NVD)

EPSS score

0.73%

0%100%

Low · +0.17 pp in 30 days

KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.

RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.

Public exploits1github

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 3

RHSA-2024:1640 CGA-353M-V97C-F639 CGA-CW62-762J-87CH CGA-VGWV-2Q7Q-27H5

Timeline

08-11-2023
PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
04-09-2024
Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue discovered in Axios 1.5.1 inadvertently reveals the confidential XSRF-TOKEN stored in cookies by including it in the HTTP header X-XSRF-TOKEN for every request made to any host allowing attackers to view sensitive information.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

v3.16.5

EPSS trend

Probability

0.73%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

54%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.17 pp

From 0.56% on 05-10-2026

05-10-202604-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found

githubUnverified
Axios
Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

CWE-352Cross-Site Request ForgeryThe web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally provided by the user who sent the request, which could have originated from an unauthorized actor.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Chainguard55 products

arangodb-3.11< 3.11.14.5-r13
gitlab-rails-ce-18.1All versions (No fix recorded)
gitlab-rails-ce-18.10All versions (No fix recorded)
gitlab-rails-ce-18.11All versions (No fix recorded)
gitlab-rails-ce-18.5All versions (No fix recorded)

gitlab-rails-ce-18.6All versions (No fix recorded)
gitlab-rails-ce-18.7All versions (No fix recorded)
gitlab-rails-ce-18.8All versions (No fix recorded)
gitlab-rails-ce-18.9All versions (No fix recorded)
gitlab-rails-ce-19.0All versions (No fix recorded) | < 19.0.10-r0
gitlab-rails-ce-19.1< 19.1.7-r6
gitlab-rails-ce-19.2< 19.2.5-r2
gitlab-rails-ce-19.3< 19.3.1-r6
gitlab-rails-ce-fips-18.1All versions (No fix recorded)
gitlab-rails-ce-fips-18.10< 18.10.8-r8
gitlab-rails-ce-fips-18.11< 18.11.12-r2
gitlab-rails-ce-fips-18.5All versions (No fix recorded)
gitlab-rails-ce-fips-18.6All versions (No fix recorded)
gitlab-rails-ce-fips-18.7All versions (No fix recorded)
gitlab-rails-ce-fips-18.8All versions (No fix recorded)
gitlab-rails-ce-fips-18.9< 18.9.8-r8
gitlab-rails-ce-fips-19.0< 19.0.9-r3
gitlab-rails-ce-fips-19.1< 19.1.7-r7
gitlab-rails-ce-fips-19.2< 19.2.5-r2
gitlab-rails-ce-fips-19.3< 19.3.1-r3
opensearch-dashboards-2< 2.11.1-r2
opensearch-dashboards-2-alerting-dashboards-plugin< 2.11.1-r2
opensearch-dashboards-2-anomaly-detection-dashboards-plugin< 2.11.1-r2
opensearch-dashboards-2-config< 2.11.1-r2
opensearch-dashboards-2-dashboards-maps< 2.11.1-r2
opensearch-dashboards-2-dashboards-notifications< 2.11.1-r2
opensearch-dashboards-2-dashboards-observability< 2.11.1-r2
opensearch-dashboards-2-dashboards-query-workbench< 2.11.1-r2
opensearch-dashboards-2-dashboards-reporting< 2.11.1-r2
opensearch-dashboards-2-dashboards-search-relevance< 2.11.1-r2
opensearch-dashboards-2-dashboards-visualizations< 2.11.1-r2
opensearch-dashboards-2-fips< 2.13.0-r0
opensearch-dashboards-2-fips-alerting-dashboards-plugin< 2.13.0-r0
opensearch-dashboards-2-fips-anomaly-detection-dashboards-plugin< 2.13.0-r0
opensearch-dashboards-2-fips-config< 2.13.0-r0
opensearch-dashboards-2-fips-dashboards-maps< 2.13.0-r0
opensearch-dashboards-2-fips-dashboards-notifications< 2.13.0-r0
opensearch-dashboards-2-fips-dashboards-observability< 2.13.0-r0
opensearch-dashboards-2-fips-dashboards-query-workbench< 2.13.0-r0
opensearch-dashboards-2-fips-dashboards-reporting< 2.13.0-r0
opensearch-dashboards-2-fips-dashboards-search-relevance< 2.13.0-r0
opensearch-dashboards-2-fips-dashboards-visualizations< 2.13.0-r0
opensearch-dashboards-2-fips-index-management-dashboards-plugin< 2.13.0-r0
opensearch-dashboards-2-fips-ml-commons-dashboards< 2.13.0-r0
opensearch-dashboards-2-fips-security-analytics-dashboards-plugin< 2.13.0-r0
opensearch-dashboards-2-fips-security-dashboards-plugin< 2.13.0-r0
opensearch-dashboards-2-index-management-dashboards-plugin< 2.11.1-r2
opensearch-dashboards-2-ml-commons-dashboards< 2.11.1-r2
opensearch-dashboards-2-security-analytics-dashboards-plugin< 2.11.1-r2
opensearch-dashboards-2-security-dashboards-plugin< 2.11.1-r2

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Axios1 product

axios1.5.1

Debian1 product

node-axios< 1.2.1+dfsg-1+deb12u1 | < 1.6.2+dfsg-1

Npm1 product

axios≥ 1.0.0, < 1.6.0 | ≥ 0.8.1, < 0.28.0

Ubuntu1 product

node-axiosAll versions (No fix recorded)

5 vendors · 59 products

References

16 links

github.com/axios/axios/issues/6006WEBExploitIssue Tracking
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006/
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-45857REPORT
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-45857REPORT
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-45857Advisory
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45857Advisory
github.com/axios/axios/issues/6022WEB
github.com/axios/axios/pull/6028WEB
github.com/axios/axios/pull/6091WEB
github.com/axios/axios/commit/2755df562b9c194fba6d8b609a383443f6a6e967WEB

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